Tsung Pak Long (Chinese: 松柏塱) is a village and the name of an area in Sheung Shui, North District, Hong Kong.
Tsung Pak Long
Chinese: 松柏塱 | |
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Village | |
 View of Tsung Pak Long. | |
  Tsung Pak Long | |
| Coordinates: 22°30′14″N 114°07′07″E / 22.504003°N 114.118573°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Special administrative region | Hong Kong |
| District | North District |
| Area | Sheung Shui |
| Time zone | UTC+8:00 (HKT) |
Recognised status
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Tsung Pak Long is a recognised village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1] It is one of the villages represented within the Sheung Shui District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Tsung Pak Long is part of the Fung Tsui constituency, which was formerly represented by Chiang Man-ching until July 2021.[2][3]
History
editTsung Pak Long was recorded as a Punti village in the Xin'an Xianzhi (Gazetteer of the Sun-On County) of 1819.[4]
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tsung Pak Long was 184. The number of males was 105.[5]
Hakka Wai
editHakka Wai (客家圍; 'Walled Village of the Hakkas') is a Hakka walled village located in the Tsung Pak Long area. Construction of the village started in the 1900s-1910s and was completed by 1920.[6]
References
edit- ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Historic Building Appraisal: Dun Hau Tong, Tsung Pak Long
- ^ Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 81. ISSN 1991-7295.
- ^ Historic Building Appraisal: Hakka Wai – Residential Houses
External links
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- Delineation of area of existing village Tsung Pak Long (Sheung Shui) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
- Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. Hakka Wai
- Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. Bok Man
- Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System Chan Ancestral Hall (Tsung Pak Long)
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